Beyond the first year: Supporting sophomores through information literacy outreach |
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| Authors: | Rebecca Z Kuglitsch Peggy Burge |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Colorado Boulder Libraries, Boulder, Colorado, USA;2. Collins Memorial Library, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, USA |
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| Abstract: | The sophomore year is increasingly becoming a target of retention efforts, as universities and colleges realize that nearly as much attrition occurs between the sophomore and junior years as between the first and sophomore years. As a result, there is an opportunity for libraries to reach out to and target second-year students. This article presents a case study of a sophomore outreach program at the University of Puget Sound focused on citation management software. Our results suggest that libraries should pursue outreach targeting the sophomore population. |
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| Keywords: | Citation management tools college sophomores information literacy library outreach programs student retention |
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